UEF: PRESS RELEASES

07/11/2005 //

The Federal Committee of the UEF, meeting on 6 November 2005 in Brussels, elected Dr. Friedhelm FRISCHENSCHLAGER as new Secretary-General of the UEF. With an academic background in political science, Dr. FRISCHENSCHLAGER, 62, has been a Member of…

01/11/2005 //

“The reflection period must not go by with pure paperwork or academic discussions”. The conviction that only a stronger and not a weaker EU provides the chance to cope with the most pressing problems of European citizens, has to be in the centre of…

14/06/2005 //

Faced with the very serious legitimacy crisis of the process of European unification after the negative referendums on the draft European Constitution in France and The Netherlands, the Heads of state and government need to make brave choices if they…

11/04/2005 //

On an extraordinary Congress on 9-10 April in Brussels, Mercedes BRESSO was elected as the new President of the Union of European Federalists (UEF). Current Member of the European Parliament, Mercedes BRESSO will soon be elected President of the…

31/01/2005 //

The Bureau of the Union of European Federalists considers the results of the recent Eurobarometer survey revealing a high level of ignorance among Europeans about the European Constitution to be more than worrying in regard of the upcoming national…

29/10/2004 //

The Union of European Federalists welcomes today's signing of the European Constitution in Rome. "This is an act of great political importance. And it is a symbol towards the political unity of Europe - something the European Federalists have been…

24/10/2004 //

The application of Union of European Federalists (UEF) to become a Member Organisation of World federalist Movement (WFM) has been unanimously approved by the Council of World Federalist Movement meeting on 22-23.

October 2004 in The Hague. On…

10/10/2004 //

The European Bureau of the Union of European Federalists,

considering

that the request of the German Government to apply for a seat in the United Nations Security Council would risk dividing Europe into opposing camps and confirm the impression…

01/10/2004 //

A joint effort including all European institutions as well as national and regional governments and the civil society is necessary if the process to ratify the European Constitution is to be concluded successfully. This was the main outcome of the…

08/09/2004 //

In the new European commission no member will be directly responsible for the further process of realising the European Constitution. This was critizised by the president of the committee on constitutional affiars, the German social democrat Jo…

Dr. Friedhelm FRISCHENSCHLAGER elected Secretary-General of the UEF

“European citizens should be fully involved in the continuation of the constituent process!”

Appeal of the President of UEF, Mercedes BRESSO, in view of the meeting of the European Council of 16-17 June 2005

Mercedes BRESSO new President of UEF

European Federalists urge the Commission: Don't waste more time, inform citizens about the European Constitution

European Federalists call for joint efforts to conclude ratification process successfully - Revision of the new Constitution no later than 2008

UEF becomes member organisation of world federalist movement, European federalists demand EU seat at UN

Declaration of the UEF Bureau: UEF supports the entry of the EU into the Security Council

European federalists debate strategy to ratify the European Constituion. Joint effort needed to conclude ratification process successfully

New EU Commission responsibility for European Constitution unclear